Paranoid Park
Paranoid Park by Blake Nelson
A 16-year-old skateboarder accidently kills a security guard in a train yard.
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Paranoid Park
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Monday, October 1, 2007
Beastly
Beastly by Alex Flinn
The Beast from Beauty and the Beast gets to tell his side of the story...with a modern twist.
Take Me to Your Leader
Take Me to Your Leader: Weird, Strange, and Totally Useless Information by Ian Harrison
The kind of stuff that clogs your brain, but in a good way.
Safe
Safe by Susan Shaw
When thirteen-year-old Tracy, whose mother died when she was three years old, is raped and beaten on the last day of school, all her feelings of security disappear and she does not know how to cope with the fear and dread that engulf her.
Almost Home
Almost Home by Jessica Blank
Seven teens living on the streets of LA form a dysfunctional family.
It's complicated : the American teenager
It's complicated : the American teenager portraits + interviews by Robin Bowman
Who are the youth of America? Here are the stories of just a few.
November Blues
November Blues by Sharon M. Draper
Life is hard when November's boyfriend dies; it gets harder when she finds out what he's left behind.
Get Well Soon
Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern
"This is so pointless, and I feel gross because I'm sitting in the middle of a hallway with paper-thin pajamas on, and I'm not wearing a bra. In real life, I wouldn't dare leave the house with my C cups flopping all over the place, but I would also never sit at a desk in the middle of a hallway in my pajamas."
Meet Anna Bloom. Her parents commit her to a mental institution because they can't deal with her depression. Anna doesn't think she's that bad off--certainly not as messed up as the other teens in her ward. When she first arrived she was was screaming to get out, but the truly crazy thing is - now she's pleading to stay.
I loved this book. Anna is funny, and self-conscious, and vulnerable, and best 0f all--familiar. Read this book and I think you'll know what I mean.
Other People's Love Letters
Other People's Love Letters: 150 Letters You Were Never Meant to See, Edited by Bill Shapiro
*Actual* love letters scribbled, typed, and declared on napkins, Post-Its, greeting cards, and emails. My favorite: "Liar, liar, liar, liar, liar, liar, liar, liar, liar, liar...." (it continues 183 times.)
Thirteen Reasons Why
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Clay receives audiotapes from a dead girl; in them she names the thirteen reasons (i.e. people) why she killed herself.
Ghosts: Caught on Film
Ghosts: Caught on Film by Melvyn Willin
Presents an extraordinary collection of strange and unexplained photographs that offer the exciting possibility of ghosts and paranormal activity captured on film.
